Apparatus for effecting transcriptions



Oct. 16, 1951 G. GOLDBERGER APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING TRANSCRIPTIONS Filed March 14, 1947 2 SHEETSSHEET l fig MAN/EN TOR) BY G. Goldberger Oct. 16, 1951 G. GOLDBERGER APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING TRANSCRIPTIONS Filed March 14, 1947 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 I N V EN TOR. G7 Gafabergew BY I) Patented Oct. 16, 1951 OFFICE APPARATUS FOR EFFECTIN G TRAN SCRIPTION S Gza Goldberger, Budapest, Hungary Application March 14, 1947, Serial No. 734,596 In Hungary October 26, 1942 Section 1, Public Law 690, August 8, 1946 Patent expires October 26, 1962 4 Claims.

The invention relates to apparatus for effect- I ing transcription from one writing sheet to another by insertion of an intermediate copying sheet. What is bein considered are transcriptions by hand and the use of pencil paper (indigo) or carbon copying paper.

The types of apparatus employed up to now are intricate and utilize the copying paper uneconomically. Owing to the employment, in connection with the work of transcription, of printed forms and other standard sheets, it was constantly in the same lines and columns that the copying paper was worn in the process of transcription, and in consequence thereof the copying sheets soon became exhausted, and had, accordingly, to be discarded, notwithstanding the fact, that in other areas they were unused. This causes an unnecessary waste, since copying papers are expensive and with the increase in the use of transcription they are being consumed in great quantities.

The invention consists in the casing of a copying coil by a hood employed for this purpose;

means for changing the copying coil; the shape of the hood and its base; the journalling of the coil axle and the arrangement of the hood relatively to a writing base.

The parts of the improved apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings, in

which embodiments, exemplifying the invention are shown.

Fig. l is a vertical section of the apparatus, on line II of Fig. 3.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same apparatus, on the line II'II of Fig.3.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top 'plan of the same apparatus.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of a type of the apparatus, on a scale smaller than that of the preceding figures.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary top plan of the lastnamed type of apparatus.

The process of transcription which can be performed by use of the apparatus according to the invention, in which a copying sheet coiled to a cylindrical shape is employed, is characterized by three steps organically connected with each other. The first of these is the running off from its coil of at least one copying sheet, in the form of a straightened-out portion having a free end. The second step consists in the insertion of the copying sheets between writing sheets from any border, chosen at will, of the field of columns of the text to be written. The third step consists in the adjusting displacement of one kind of the sheets relatively to the other kind of sheets, such displacement being effected in the extent in which the portions already worn of the copying sheets are to be replaced by such portions as are still in a fresher condition. It is, of course, in accordance with actual necessity that the third step joins on to the first two.

In the first place one should endeavour to replace the used portions of the copying sheets by fresher portions, so as to enable the total surfaces, to be utilized economically. For this purpose, the copyin sheet is, in its form referred to, first, capable of being coiled forwardly and backwardly, whilst, in the second place, it is also capable of being completely coiled so as to permit its right and left sides to be mutually exchanged, and thirdly, the copying sheet is capable of bein introduced from any border of the column, and possibly from all its four borders in succession, and in each position it is again capable of being coiled forwardly and backwardly and coiled completely. This will enable the copying sheet to be worn in strips distributed in any desired manner over its whole surface. At the same time, the writing sheets may also at each occasion be shifted in any direction, in which case the places of transcription may travel together with the writing sheets, so as to enable unusued portions of the copying sheets to be utilized.

The adjusting displacements may be continuous, they may also, if desired, be of very slight magnitude, and they may be repeated at will.

The writing sheets may similarly be capable of being coiled and adjusted. On the copying sheets, and possibly on the writing sheets also, as well as on the writing base and on the fittings of the latter, scales 'or registering signs may be provided for checking the adjustment.

The copying sheets may be run off from their coils in lengths of an desired magnitude, and may be fitted into their position of transcription. They can be inserted easily between the usual writing sheets which may, if. desired, be connected by binding like the sheets of a book, without any particular mechanism, or the use of any particular skill, being required for the insertion.

Coiling will provide a certain guidance and assurance to the copying sheets. In one and the same coil, there may be provided copying sheets of different lengths, and, moreover, copying sheets, the width of which varies from narrow strips to the greatest dimension occurring; these sheets may be mutually superposed or arranged alongside each other, and may mutually overlap, or leave empty spaces between them. Coverings ma be provided above or below them and they may be of different colours and even partycoloured. The borders may be made stepped or cut to any other contours, and blank windows may be left within the borders. In all variants, the possibility of practically total utilization is maintained.

Preferably, the writing sheets are handled individually, whereas the copying sheets, whilst they may be arranged individually, should preferably be moved jointly. The joint adjusting displacement of all the copying sheets of any coil is eifected simultaneously, by the displacement, in the axial direction, of the coil axle, as facilitated by the very nature of coils. Meanwhile it is possible to preserve the adjustment of the writing sheets with copying sheets interposed, and-exactly owing to the open portion ending of the copying sheetsit is indeed unnecessary to interfere with such adjustment, thus enabling transcription to be simplified and accelerated.

The writing sheets may be fixed in any desired manner. The writing and copying sheets layered above each other are, according to the invention, fixed jointly in their position of transcription, the copying sheets being, notably, fixed by a mere friction joint, without an perforations, whereas the writing sheets, which may, for instance, be accountancy or card index sheets may be fixed in the usual manner, possibly with perforations and fixing pegs rendering these writing sheets indisplaceable.

According to the invention, the copying sheets, in their position of transcription, do not require any forcible fixin and therefore may be adjusted from their working position as well as from their position of rest.

White or non-coloured strips may indeed be provided on the coiled copying sheets, but the use of such dead fixing borders is not indispensable.

Referring to the drawings, according to Figs. 1-3, a releasable and fixable connection is provided between a transscribing base I and a hood 2, the bottom of which is open along its length. A clamp 3 at the lower rear edge of the hood 2 engages the rear edge of the base I, the hood 2 being displaceable in either direction along the said base in the manner of a slide. Through elongated slots 4 in the upper side of the clamp 3, bolts with heads 5 are threaded into bolt-holes 6 in the base I, so as to permit the hood 2 to be clamped down in any of its positions by means of the bolts. By screwing out these bolts, it is possible to remove the hood 2 entirely from the base I.

A cylinder 8 keyed on an axle I carries a copying coil 9. The left-hand conical end of this axle I is journalled in a circular hole provided in the end wall III of the hood 2, while its other end fitted with a turning knob II is journalled in an extension I3 from the end wall [2 of the hood 2, journalling being effected in the following manner: The extension I3 has a slot I4 with a semicircular upper end which provides one of the j ournalling parts for the axle I. The other is provided by a pin I! with a handle I5 and a spring I6, the said pin being received in a groove I8 in axle 1 and thus fixing the axial position of the coil 9.

The copying sheets 9m, 9g and 92 run off from the coil 9, are passed through the opening I9 remaining open between the lower front edge 20 of the hood 2 and the transcribing base I, and are inserted between the writing sheets 2I. The

copying sheets can be moved by the knob II. The adjustments can be checked by means of scales 22 provided on the borders of the transcribing base I.

In order to replace the copying coil 9 by a new one, the hood 2 is, together with all its accessories, as axle I, cylinder 8, coil 9, journalling parts I4, I'I, etc., freely removed from the transcribing base I. This is done by screwing out the bolts with heads 5, pushing down or removing the hood 2 from the base I, pulling back the pin I! by means of the handle I5, and pushing down the axle I through the opening I4 thus becoming free, the axle I being, following this, lifted out together with all that belongs to it through the open bottom of the hood 2. The insertion of a new coil is effected in the opposite order of sequence.

' If it is desired to transfer the copying sheets 9m, 9y, and. 92 into a position deflected by the hood 2 is, together with all that belongs to it, pushed to the left border of the base I, and the bolts with heads 5 are screwed into the bolt holes 6 provided in this place. Such portions of the free ends of the copying sheets as have become definitely exhausted are torn off by aid of the edge 20, used as a knife, of the hood 2.

In the type of apparatus according to Figs. 4 and 5, the base Is for the hood 2u is a frame, which accommodate the separate transcribing base Iu. The advantage of this arrangement consists in that it will render the continued employment, in the apparatus according to the invention, of the transcribing plates generally used for book keeping etc. possible. By means of the leg 53, the base Is is tilted into an oblique position. Further, while in the embodiment heretofore described, the hood was-for the sake of conveniencearranged in such a manner as to make itsopen bottom fall into the transcribing plane, notably so as to be situated along one of the borders of the field of columns of the text to be written, the hoods Zu are situated outside the transcribing plane. This will enable a greater number of hoods 2a to be arranged easily, and even the transcribing plates of the greatest size occurring to be accommodated.

The copying sheets 9m, 9g and 92 are passed through slots 50 in the base Is. These slots 50 and the hoods 2%, are axially displaced relatively to each other, so as to avoid the necessity of employing copying sheets of excessive width.

By way of auxiliary devices for the work of transcription, a penholder 5| and a lamp 52 have also been mounted on the base Is.

What I claim is:

1. In manifolding apparatus, the combination of a quadrilateral plate for supporting the sheets to be operated upon; a casing having an open bottom; a shaft journaled in said casing and having an end protruding from said casing; at least one manifolding sheet coiled thereon, said shaft with said sheet coiled thereon being insertable and removable through said open bottom; means, on said end, for rotating said shaft to coil and uncoil said sheet onto and off of said shaft; and means adapted to mount said casing at the edge of a selected side of said plate, said casing with its contents being axially adjustable relative to said plate, whereby said manifolding sheet is shiftable on said plate, and means adapted to fasten said casing to said plate in selected adjusted positions.

2. A device according to claim 1 in which a separate transcribing base is removably mounted upon the plate on which the casing is mounted.

3. A device according to claim 1 in which said casing is disposed outside the plane of the surface, of said plate, supporting said sheets.

4. A device according to claim 1 in which a plurality of casings are mounted on said plate with relative axial displacement.

GEzA GOLDBERGER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

Number Number 6 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name v Date McKenna Mar. 30, 1897 Norman June 26, 1917 Manny May 24, 1921 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Hungary 1 Feb. 15, 1940 

